Kendrick Lamar & Drake End The Beef On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update: Stream

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Kendrick Lamar at Life Is Beautiful 2023 on September 23, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)
Other amazing tracks on "Fire Emoji" this week include new releases from Gunna, The Game, Chief Keef, Key Glock, Ghostface Killah, and more.

Another week, another Fire Emoji playlist update rounding up the best of the best this week had to offer as far as new hip-hop releases. Just like last week, we have a whole lot to talk about concerning the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, but you've probably already heard these. Regardless, each and every one of these is (debatably) killer, in chronological order of release: "Family Matters," "Meet The Grahams," and "Not Like Us," plus the non-streaming "The Heart Part 6." It was a show-stopping battle that asked more pressing questions than it answered about rap culture and the music industry, but an impressive showing nonetheless.

Elsewhere on Fire Emoji, this beef held even more material, as The Game hopped in with a "Freeway's Revenge" diss against Rick Ross that was seemingly exacerbated by their opposing sides in that Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud. But other than all that, we have some big albums to talk about, including the much-anticipated Almighty So 2 from Chief Keef. If you're looking for a solid taster for the project, we'd recommend you check out "Grape Trees" with Sexyy Red. Also, we have a brand-new album from Conway The Machine titled Slant Face Killah, on which "Mutty" with Stove God Cooks is a particularly grimy and and enveloping cut.

HNHH Fire Emoji Playlist: Stream

As if that wasn't enough material for Fire Emoji, the albums just keep on coming. The title track on Gunna's new LP One Of Wun (plus "neck on a yacht") should indicate just how woozy, intoxicating, and effortlessly engaging that tracklist can be. What's more is that we also have the return of one of the game's greatest with the new Ghostface Killah project, Set The Tone (Guns & Roses). "No Face" with Kanye West is a dusty throwback highlight with a lot of chemistry between both MCs.

Meanwhile, we wanted to show love to some singles this week, as well. There's Future and Tee Grizzley's hard-hitting "Swear To God," Ice Spice's Sean Paul-sampling "Gimme A Light," Kodak Black's introspective "Dis Time," and Key Glock's moody but murderous "The Greatest." Let us know what your favorite Fire Emoji pick was this week, as well as what else we missed, down in the comments section below. Check the playlist out above and, as always, check back in with HNHH for the latest amazing music drops around the clock.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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